Hinge.



No. 655.596. Patented Aug. 7, |900.

(Application ld Apr. 18, 1900.) v (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

Patented Aug. 7, |900. L. BADER.

HINGE (Application filed Apr. 18, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (No Model.)

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NITED STATES LEANDER BADER, o

F BLENCOE, I OVA.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,596, dated August .7, 1900.

Application filed April 18, 1900.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, LEANDER BADER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blencoe, in the county of Monona and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefulHinge, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinges, and has for its object to provide certain new and useful improvements whereby the eyes or knuckles of the individual leaves are reinforced, so as to increase the strength and durability of the hinge, and said leaves are formed to embrace the part to which they are applied, so that the fastenings may pass through the opposite sections of the leaf to rmly mount the latter.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the aecompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changesin the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the improved hinge applied to a barndoor. Fig. 2 is a central transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken through one of the outer eyes or knuckles. Fig. et is a detail perspective view of a butthinge for light doors and showing the several parts of the hinge detached. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a trunk having the hinge applied thereto. Fig. 6 is a central sectional view thereof. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a slightly-modified form of butt hinge.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

In carrying out the present invention it is designed to form each hinge-leaf in two sections, so that the latter may embrace the opposite sides of the door or post, and the sections are each provided with corresponding eyes or knuckles, one of which embraces the other, so as to conveniently and eectively reinforce the knuckles, and this general principle is carried out in all of the forms of the hinge.

,3y particular reference to Fig. i of the Serial No. 13,369. (No model.)

drawings it will be seen that each hinge comprises four sections, that are respectively designated by the letters A, B, C, and D, and each leaf is formed by two of these sections. The section A is in the usual form of a substantially-rectangular plate having the openings or perforations l. for the reception of fastenings, whereby the leaf is held in place. Intermediate of the opposite ends of the plate and at one edge thereof there is provided a substantially-long eye or knuckle 2 for the reception of an ordinary hinge-pintle. The section B, which cooperates with the section A to form one of the leaves, is in the form of an angular plate, the members of which are disposed at substantially right angles. One of the members is provided with the usual perforations 3 for the reception of fastenings, and the opposite member is provided with a pair of transverse incisions, which divide the member into a central tongue 4 and the opposite end wings 5, each of which is provided with a perforation 7 for the reception of a fastening. By reference to any of the sectional views it will be seen that the section A is received within the angle between the members of the section B, so as to lie flat against the inner sides of the tongue 4 and the wings 5, so that the latter may be connected to the plate A by means of the cominonfas tenings which secure the section in place, or these partsmay be connected by rivets 8, as may be desired. To accommodate the knuckle 2, which is disposed wholly upon the outer side of the section A, the inner end of the tongue It is bent outwardly into a knuckle 9, that is designed to snugly embrace the knuckle 2, so as to reinforce the latter. It will now be understood that one member of the angular section is secured to the section A, and these connected parts are secured to one side of the door-post, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, while the other member of the angular section is secured to the inner angular side of the post. The other leaf is formed by the two sections C and D in a similar manner, the section C being the angular one,and has its members reversed with respect to the section B. This section has the intermediate tongue 10 to correspond with the tongue 4, but has not a knuckle, while the outer wingsl'l have their inner ends bent outwardly to form the respective knuckles 12, which are spaced, so as to IOO receive the knuckle 9 between them, and alined, so as to receive a hinge-pintle 18, as plainly shown in the other views. The section D corresponds to the section A, but differs therefrom in having the opposite outer knuckles 14, which are located wholly at the outer side of the section, so as to be snugly embraced by the knuckles 12 of the section C. It will of course be understood that the sections G and D are provided with corresponding perforations toY receive the fastenings whereby the leaf is secured in place, or they may be riveted together, as described for the other leaf.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the hinge has been shown applied to hang a barn-door, and the leaves are in the form of comparatively-long straps,as commonly employed for heavy doors. In this form of hinge it is preferable to terminate the wings and tongues short of the outer edges of the sections and secure them by rivets. The fixed leaf formed by the sections A and B has its members located at substantially right angles, so as to embrace the door-post, while the movable leaf hasY its member 15 bent intermediate of its ends at substantially right angles, so as to embrace the opposite substantially-parallel sides of the door.

To apply the hinge to a trunk or the like, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the strap form is employed, and the angular members of each leaf are bent to embrace the respective trunksections, as explained in connection with the door, and in both instances the fastenings 1G extend entirely throu'gh the trunk-section or door, so as to be common to both members of each leaf.

In the buit forms of the hinge that shown in Fig. 4 employs the fastenings which support the hinge to also connect the sections of the respective leaves, while in the form shown 1n Fig. 7 the tongues and wings are shortened and secured by the rivets 8, as herein-- before described.

From the foregoing description itwill be seen that each form of the hinge comprises two leaves, one of which is formed by the separate members A and B and the other leaf by the separate members C and D, and when these members are assembled each leaf consists of two angularly-related members having corresponding knuckles, which are interembraced to form a single reinforced knuckle for the reception of the hinge-pintle.

Vhat is claimed is- 1. A hinge, each leaf of which is formed by separate angularly-related members, having corresponding knuckles to receive a-hingepintle, the respective corresponding knuckles being interembraced whereby a continuous reinforced pintle-bearing is formed, substantially as described.

2. In a hinge, a leaf, comprising two sections, of which one section is in the form of a Hat plate, having a knuckle formed at one edge, to receive a hinge-pintle, and the other member having angularly-related members, one of which is formed at its inner edge with a knuckle to embrace the knuckle of the other section and form a single reinforced knuckle, and the flat member being secured to the inner side of one of the members of the angular section.

3. In a hinge, a leaf,'comprising two sections, of which one section is in the form of a fiat plate, having an intermediate knuckle at one edge thereof, and the other section having angularly-related members, one of which is provided with a pair of transverse incisions, forming an intermediate tongue, and opposite end wings, said tongue and wings being secured dat against the outer side of the flat section, and the tongue havinga knuckle at its inner edge, which snugly embraces the knuckle of the other section, to form a single reinforced knuckle.

4. In a hinge, a leaf, comprising two seetions, of which one is in the form of a iiat plate, having spaced knuckles formed at the opposite ends thereof, the other section having angularly-related members, one of which is provided with a pair of transverse incisions, forming an intermediate tongue, and opposite end wings, that have knuckles formed at their inner edges, to snugly embrace the knuckles of the other section and form individual reinforced knuckles, and the wings and tongues being secured to the outer face of the dat section.

5. A hinge, comprising in its construction two leaves, one of which is formed by a Hat section, having an intermediate knuckle at one edge thereof, and a second section, having angularly-related members, one of the latter having a pair of transverse incisions forming an intermediate tongue, and opposite end wings, said'tongue and wings being secured flat against the outer side of the fiat section, the tongue having a knuckle at its inner edge, which snugly embraces the knuckle of the other section, and the other of which is formed by a flat section, having spaced knuckles at one edge and at opposite ends thereof, and a second section having angularly-related members, one of the latter having a pair of incisions, forming an intermediate tongue, and opposite end wings, having knuckles at their inner edges, which snugly embrace the knuckles of the other section, and said tongue and wings being secured against the outer side of the fiat section, whereby the respective leaves are provided with reinforced knuckles adapted to register with each other and be pivotally united by a pintle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEANDER BADER.

Witnesses:

E. L. HOGUE, J. A. GRAY.

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